TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - (ANSWER)is a state regulatory agency for local law
enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - (ANSWER)is the regulatory agency for all county jails and
privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - (ANSWER)is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that
law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - (ANSWER)the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - (ANSWER)was created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating
to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers and employees
Jail Climate - (ANSWER)the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing
games with staff
Stress - (ANSWER)a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar
situation
Communication - (ANSWER)the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information
Attitude - (ANSWER)is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal knowledge and
feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to
that person or thing
Race - (ANSWER)generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics
Ethnicity - (ANSWER)refers to shared culture and background
,TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Ethnocentrism - (ANSWER)is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence
as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice - (ANSWER)is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of
or examination of the facts
Culture - (ANSWER)a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - (ANSWER)acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - (ANSWER)is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is not welcome, not
asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
Booking - (ANSWER)recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the admissions
process
Detainer - (ANSWER)a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a person in custody
pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction
Commitment - (ANSWER)an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail
the person so committed
Warrant - (ANSWER)a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or some other person
specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a person accused of an offense, to be dealt
with a cording to law
Capias - (ANSWER)is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of the State of
Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court
immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ
Writ of Attachment - (ANSWER)is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by any magistrate, or
by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or proceeding authorized by law, commanding
, TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury
kn a day named, or forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant - (ANSWER)when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any person within his
jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall issue a warrant of arrest directing peace
officer to apprehend and bring the accused before him
Search - (ANSWER)the examination of persons or property with the intention of finding evidence ot in
plain sight
Contraband - (ANSWER)is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is prohibited by law or
agency directives
Strip Search - (ANSWER)when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be necessary, inmates should
undergo a through strip search for weapons and contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of
safety of thr facility
Cavity Search - (ANSWER)basee on "probable casue" that the inmate is concealing contrand in a body
cavity
Tort - (ANSWER)a civil or private wrong or injury for which s court will provide a remedy in the form of
an action for damages
Objective Classification - (ANSWER)a formal process for separating and managing inmates and
administering facilities based upon agency mission, classification goals, agency resources, and inmate
program needs
Trustee - (ANSWER)a person who, because of good conduct, is given some measure of freedom in and
around the prison or jail
Child - (ANSWER)means a person who is: 10 but under 17
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - (ANSWER)is a state regulatory agency for local law
enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - (ANSWER)is the regulatory agency for all county jails and
privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - (ANSWER)is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that
law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - (ANSWER)the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - (ANSWER)was created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating
to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers and employees
Jail Climate - (ANSWER)the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing
games with staff
Stress - (ANSWER)a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar
situation
Communication - (ANSWER)the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information
Attitude - (ANSWER)is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal knowledge and
feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to
that person or thing
Race - (ANSWER)generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics
Ethnicity - (ANSWER)refers to shared culture and background
,TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Ethnocentrism - (ANSWER)is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence
as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice - (ANSWER)is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of
or examination of the facts
Culture - (ANSWER)a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - (ANSWER)acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - (ANSWER)is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is not welcome, not
asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior
Booking - (ANSWER)recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the admissions
process
Detainer - (ANSWER)a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a person in custody
pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction
Commitment - (ANSWER)an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail
the person so committed
Warrant - (ANSWER)a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or some other person
specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a person accused of an offense, to be dealt
with a cording to law
Capias - (ANSWER)is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of the State of
Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court
immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ
Writ of Attachment - (ANSWER)is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by any magistrate, or
by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or proceeding authorized by law, commanding
, TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury
kn a day named, or forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant - (ANSWER)when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any person within his
jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall issue a warrant of arrest directing peace
officer to apprehend and bring the accused before him
Search - (ANSWER)the examination of persons or property with the intention of finding evidence ot in
plain sight
Contraband - (ANSWER)is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is prohibited by law or
agency directives
Strip Search - (ANSWER)when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be necessary, inmates should
undergo a through strip search for weapons and contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of
safety of thr facility
Cavity Search - (ANSWER)basee on "probable casue" that the inmate is concealing contrand in a body
cavity
Tort - (ANSWER)a civil or private wrong or injury for which s court will provide a remedy in the form of
an action for damages
Objective Classification - (ANSWER)a formal process for separating and managing inmates and
administering facilities based upon agency mission, classification goals, agency resources, and inmate
program needs
Trustee - (ANSWER)a person who, because of good conduct, is given some measure of freedom in and
around the prison or jail
Child - (ANSWER)means a person who is: 10 but under 17
